Ember is a card game from District31 which launched well on Kickstarter this week. The British tabletop game has earned thousands of Pounds in just a few days. You can see the latest totals on Ember’s campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1118172895/ember-the-magical-card-game-and-fantasy-playing-ca [Back this Campaign] In Ember players are apprentice wizards playing with a stolen mote of elemental […]
Tales of Arcana the Roleplaying Card Game gathers support
Matt Knicl is an ex-Wizards of the Coast writer and creative who has worked on Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. His Kickstarter for a card based RPG called Tales of Arcana has, at the time of writing, a week to go and is close to funding. Find out more at the project page. […]
Src: Card – Write Code, Defeat the Robots
Src: Card looks like a fun little card game. $20 gets you the full retail version of the game and, they say, free international shipping for Kickstarter backers. You can read more at the Campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/srccard/src-card-card-game-write-code-defeat-the-robots [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing there are two weeks left on the block with about […]
It’s Crossbows and Catapults with cards: Cardthrower Castle
James Norbury of Brutal Games is back on Kickstarter with a quick and paper based alternative to Crossbows & Catapults. The official Kickstarter video is below and further down there’s a sample of play. You can check out progress at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamesnorbury/cardthrower-castle [Back this Campaign] The campaign is asking for just £1,500 and […]
The Girl Genius connection for Munchkin Steampunk
Steve Jackson Games have announced the 168 card Munchkin Steampunk. It’ll come with an unique dice and cost around $25.00. This core set is illustrated by Phil Foglio. Foglio is the co-creator and illustrator of Girl Genius. This is good news for me; I found Girl Genius through the books and really enjoy it. I’ve […]
Combine your deck building skills against monsters in Foe Hunters
Foe Hunters is a new (again) Kickstarter from Spellforge Games for a collaborative deck building game. The heroes use their experience points to buy cards, working together to take on a series of foes. At the time of writing the Kickstarter has raised nearly $10,000 and you can check out the details here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spellforgegames/foe-hunters-a-cooperative-fantasy-deckbuilding-gam [Back […]
Who are the Origins 2015 winners?
The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design (AAGAD) have announced the 2015 Origins Award Winners. The goal of Origins is to reward excellence in game design and takes the top 5 products in various categories into a head-to-head voted on by Academy members. Winners were announced at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. […]
Myth meets post-apocalypse: Bane Kickstarter
It’s worth giving Gamesicle’s video for their card game Bane a watch. Why? You might have seen some disheveled presenters in the past but this is on a whole new level. Check it out. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1283899359/bane-tabletop-card-game [Back this Campaign] The campaign is asking for $22,000 to fund and with 26 days to go, at the time […]
Blood Oath battles vampires, humans and werewolves on Kickstarter
Blood Oath is a three-player card game from SEDA Interactive. The core game has 54 cards per race, tokens, leader cards and specially designed play mats to facilitate the three-player battle. You can read more about it on Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] SEDA are looking for $18,000 to fund the game. At the time of […]
Desborough’s #GamerGate card game banned by DriveThruRPG and SJ Games
#GamerGate is a card game by James Desborough’s Postmortem Studios. It is named after the stormy and hotly contested row among computer gamers and games journalists. This is a row which has involved bomb hoaxes, death threats and doxxing. Postmortem Studios described the game as a joke, saying; Gamergate the Card Game commemorates THE defining […]
